Another Western Noir - Killing Faith.
This one had a supernatural twist.
Dewanda Wise plays a freed slave, who has a white daughter ( explained later ), who can kill any living thing, just by touching it with her bare hands.
The townsfolk believe that she is a demon.
Guy Pearce plays the towns drug addicted doctor and they both need to get out of town, due to the townsfolk turning on them.
They decide to head to a town which is led by the mayor, a faith healer, played by Bill Pullman, so he can hopefully cure the girl and free Guy Pearce of his addiction.
The journey involves a long and dangerous journey across land that`s home to dangerous Native Americans and bandits.
The film follows them on their journey to the town held by Bill Pullman.
It`s very violent and dark, ( as you`d expect ), but beautifully shot, Dewanda Wise and Guy Pearce are fantastic in their roles, but the film falls flat, as it jumps all over the place, is very confusing in parts and feels like lots of little bits of other films welded together.
As mad as it sounds, I`d describe it as an " arty Westerrn " if such a thing exists !
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just great characters
